1983, ISBN: 9781157801962

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Classic Jazz Clarinetists, Classic Jazz Cornetists, Classic Jazz Drummers, Classic Jazz Pianists, Classic Jazz Saxophonists, Classic Jazz Trumpeters, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, Tommy Ladnier, Wilbur Sweatman, Jimmie Noone, Bunk Johnson, Earl Hines, Graeme Bell, Adrian Rollini, Pee Wee Russell, Dick Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Classic Jazz Clarinetists, Classic Jazz Cornetists, Classic Jazz Drummers, Classic Jazz Pianists, Classic Jazz Saxophonists, Classic Jazz Trumpeters, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, Tommy Ladnier, Wilbur Sweatman, Jimmie Noone, Bunk Johnson, Earl Hines, Graeme Bell, Adrian Rollini, Pee Wee Russell, Dick Hyman, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Mezz Mezzrow, Papa Celestin, Alphonse Picou, Hal Kemp, Lovie Austin, Fess Williams, Luis Russell, Ziggy Elman, Buddy Tate, Alcide Nunez, Mike Nock, Luckey Roberts, Butch Thompson, Bill Coleman, Ernie Royal, Charley Straight, Frank Teschemacher, Don Murray, Dink Johnson, Wally Fawkes, Thomas Morris, Wolfgang Dauner, Benny Waters, Sylvester Ahola, Lorenzo Tio, Phil Napoleon, Frank Signorelli, Johnny Dunn, Dan Levinson, Burgess Gardner, Guy Kelly. Excerpt: Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, (December 28, 1903 April 22, 1983) was "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz". Earl Hines was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Duquesne, Pennsylvania. His father was a cornetist and leader of Pittsburgh's Eureka Brass Band, his stepmother a church organist. Hines at first intended to follow his father's example and play cornet but "blowing" hurt him behind the ears while the piano didn't. He took classical piano lessons and played organ in his local Baptist church but also developed an ear for popular show tunes and was able to remember and play songs he heard in theaters. Hines claimed that he was playing piano around Pittsburgh "before the word 'jazz' was even invented". At the age of 17, Hines moved away from home to take a job playing with Lois Deppe Books, , Classic-Jazz-Musicians-by-Instrument~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<